Given that player levels have been recalculated a bit (one for every hero level past level 1), you may see more slots opened up than before. That being said, here’s who is free starting with the new 2.0 patch.

Assassin

Gul’dan

Li-Ming

Lunara

The Butcher

Kael’thas

Kerrigan

Specialist

Sylvanas

Zagara

Support

Lucio

Li Li

Warrior

Artanis

Leoric

Chen

E.T.C.

New Sales

As with every week, we have a new round of sales, too, but they are very different this time. You can now buy with in-game gold or gems which can be purchased with cash. Roughly 1 gem is 1 penny, so Genji selling for 750 gems in $7.50 US. You can bring down this cost somewhat by buying gems in bulk, but not by much.

Individual heroes will also still go on sale every week with their gem prices temporarily reduced. This week the following heroes are going for 50% off:

Azmodan

Zagara

Murky

Gazlowe

Sgt. Hammer

Featured Skins

Skins can normally be purchased with shards which can be found in loot boxes and when you get duplicate cosmetics. Every week certain cosmetic items will be on sale for gems. So it’s not like they are any cheaper, it’s just that you can pay for them with gems instead of shards. Epic skins cost 330 gems and Legendary skins run 400-500 gems.

Deadly Demon Hunter Valeera (Epic)

Frost Emberlord Vul’jin (Epic)

Rosy Deputy Valla (Epic)

Cruel Queen of the Ghosts Kerrigan (Legendary)

Zergy Pajamathur Abathur (Legendary)

Cobalt Mecha Tassadar (Legendary)

Featured Mounts

Like skins, these are normally found in Loot Boxes are paid for with shards, but every week a few will be purchasable with gems, running 330-500 gems depending on rarity.

Dominion Ghost Speeder

Horde Dire Wolf

Orange Rainbow Unicorn

It’s an exciting time to jump back into Heroes. Especially with the new limited time Nexus Challenge kicking off. We hope to see you in game!